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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Casey Cooper-Fisk

Sir Trevor McDonald says there is one question he asked Saddam Hussein in landmark interview that makes him ‘cringe’

Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein gestures during his trial in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 29, 2006 -

Veteran journalist Sir Trevor McDonald has revealed that a question he put to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein during their landmark 1990 interview now makes him "cringe".

The 86-year-old will re-examine the ITN broadcast, filmed in a Baghdad palace, for a new ITV series, 'Reporting History', launching Friday on ITVX and YouTube.

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